“CANopen” Tab

Node-ID

Selects the node ID or station address (1 … 126) that the PFC uses to communicate with the slave in the CAN network.

[Edit I/O area…]

Opens the dialog for creating I/O areas or process data objects and the corresponding object directory indices (slaves).

The possible number and size of the I/O areas depends on the number of unused PDOs. The actual number of Used TxPDOs and Used RxPDOs is displayed below the table (max. 256 PDOs).

Range Name

Displays the unique name of the range

This is automatically entered but can be changed.

Count

Displays the number of inputs/outputs.
The possible values depend on the data type and the actual number of PDOs.

Datatype

Displays the data type of the process data object:
USINT, UINT, UDINT, ULINT, SINT, INT, DINT, LINT, REAL, LREAL

Index

Displays the index in the object dictionary of the slave that is assigned to the new object

Force new PDO

If this option is enabled (default), each new I/O area is mapped to a new PDO — even if the existing PDO mapping is not yet full. Otherwise, the actual PDO mapping is completely filled in before a new PDO is created.

[Add area… ]

Opens a dialog for defining a range

[Delete area…]

Deletes ranges and associated data (e.g., mapping variables, PDOs, PDO mapping) of the selected entries

Used TxPDOs/Used RxPDOs

Displays the current number or receive/send process data objects

The possible number and size of the I/O areas depends on the number of unused PDOs.

[OK ]

Activates the new I/O range and displays it in the I/O overview table

Input/output channels and mapping variables are created. In the device's object dictionary, each I/O range receives its own index (output range: 0x3000 … 0x30FF, input range: 0x3800 … 0x38FF) and each individual input/output within the input range of a subindex. When an I/O range is created, PDOs are automatically created (RxPDOs start with 0x1400, TxPDOs with 0x1800). If the “Force New PDO” option is enabled (see above), the inputs/outputs are automatically mapped sequentially to these new PDOs.

[Cancel]

Closes the dialog and discards any changes

[Edit SDO Parameter area…]

Opens a dialog for creating configuration data objects

The description of the dialog is the same as that of [Edit I/O area…].

Vendor Name

Name of the device manufacturer

Vendor Number

Number of the device manufacturer

Product Name

Name of the product

Product Number

Number of the product

Revision Number

Revision number of the product

[Generate EDS File...]

This function enables an EDS file to be generated from the slave configuration.